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Jan 2024
19m 20s

Upper-intermediate | Pregnancy Series 6:...

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Babies are a big investment of time, money, energy, and money. Did we mention that babies cost a lot of money? Today's Chinese lesson will teach you about how to magically turn a stack of cash into a plastic bottle, all in Mandarin Chinese! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1162

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